Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.1502

v2.c35.1502

When Pasenadi heard of it, he offered to accompany Puṇṇavaddhana to Sāketa, as a mark of signal favour. Dhanañjaya welcomed the king and his retinue, Migāra, Puṇṇavaddhana and their followers, with all honour, attending personally to all the details of hospitality. He persuaded the king to stay with him during the rains, providing all that was necessary.² Five hundred goldsmiths were engaged to make the Mahālatāpasādhana (ornament), *q.v.*, for the bride; three months passed, but it was still unfinished. The supply of firewood ran out, and orders were given that the wood of dilapidated houses should be used. This wood lasted for a fortnight, and then the storehouses containing cloths were opened, the cloths soaked in oil and used for cooking the food. The ornament was finished in four months.³